If you're a college hoops fan, you've already spent a considerable part of this week at work printing out and filling in your NCAA basketball brackets. I've got mine--and I've got until 12:30 to finish filling in the blanks. 
I like my college basketball, but I only follow one men's team. Notre Dame didn't get an invitation to this year's Dance, so I've been having trouble figuring out which teams I should pick in the matchups. It's a good thing I don't have any cash riding on this tournament!
Let the agony over my loyalty begin. Do I pick a team that beat my favorite team during the regular season? Maybe that would be OK if I watch the game while wearing my "Fighting Irish" sweatshirt, just so it's clear that I haven't abandoned my team. At that point, I am pretty much impartial. I don't know the teams' records or the coaches' reputations. There are schools I haven't even heard of before. I may as well just flip a coin for each matchup.
Or I could just follow the Women's tournament, since Notre Dame is the number 7 seed in their division. Then I won't have to divide my loyalties.
I have the feeling that it's going to be all basketball, all the time around here, as much as I can manage.
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